I don't know if I've already posted in this thread cuz I'm getting old and from what I can tell there's no indicator to show I have?
Which is just me setting you up for a little deja vu if I already put this here...
So anyway, for a lot of years I wanted to build up a Schwinn Typhoon frame with an IGH and some more modern stuff. I had other ideas for that sort of thing, but put those off too mostly because, you know, motorcycles and stuff.
Flash forward to the day I saw an old Typhoon frame sitting out with the trash. Let it be at first, because I didn't really need any more projects. But then I was telling someone about it and decided I'd go see if it was still there. It was, so I made sure it wasn't, and the next thing you know I'm buying parts and more bikes and joining bicycle forums and volunteering at a local bicycle co-op.
Here's how the Typhoon ended up. More or less. I've changed a couple things since I took this shot but you get the idea. Not shown is the violet colored Schwinn Breeze I bought solely to get it's two speed kickback hub to put on this.
I also bought a 1956 Schwinn Racer (I was a mechanic in a Schwinn shop for about ten years starting in the late '70s). I bought it because of the fin on the front fender and the old school graphics. This is an after shot. It didn't even roll when I bought it.
And then I wasted way too much money on a POS bike I had been "looking for" for ages. A 1988 Rock Hopper Comp in the next size larger frame because the one I bought new was too small for me.
I musta been high when I bought it. It's trashed, I paid way too much, and when push comes too shove... it's too big for me to ride off road. There's a reason I bought the smaller one way back when. The "new" one has been put back together as a six speed with cruiser bars and smooth tires. I don't have any pictures though because it's a bike of shame... I should have never bought it, certainly for not as much as I paid. (which on the other hand is chump change in Ducati money...)
And finally I got the frame from a 1962 Schwinn Racer, but it's a single speed frame. I may look for another kickback hub for it or maybe run with a single speed Bendix coaster. Time will tell...